Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-25

than five years. / am coming home to
devote my time to bushes and will be
there by the LIST of April or BEFORE"
The power which is contained in a
Missouri river eddy was exhibited to an
interested audience this afternoon. A
large eddy formed in the river where the
steamer Senator is moored End in its
WRITINGS the boat was switched around
as though it was not more weighty
than o large feather.
Sioux Fails special, Gath: Engineer
Haskell of the Duluth, Wilmar s. Sioux
Falls road, who arrived in this city last
night with his corps Of surveyors. having
completed the survey 70 Sioux Falls,
stated that Notwithstanding no orders to
that effect the road will be Immediately
extended southwest from this city.
At about six O'Clock this morning M.
T. Wooliey discovered flames issuing
from the roof OF an old white house on
north Capitol street, opposite the large
chalk rocA tenement house formerly oc-
cupied by the Catholic priesthood. The
house is occupied by Patrick DAILY and
the fire caught from a stove pipe. Mr..
Woo!ley promptly drove up to the scene
of the o~onhagration and with an Ak end
a few buckets of water the fire was ex.
tingulshea. Not more than three peo-
| pie were present and but little damage
| was done.
The city council, at its last evenings
special session, granted a charter to
Joseph Ward, Ephriam Miner, and
Malcolm Walker to use the streets and
alleys of the city for electric light wires
and poles. The charter is a liberal one
and is entirely satisfactory to the cleo
trio light men. Mr.. Miner says negotIa
tions will be Immediately entered nnor
for the purchase of the plant. The
artesian we'll begun at the pressed brict
yard wall be increased to eight inche!
diameter and will be used for power tt
run the dynamo.
Wm. M. Powers sold seventy acres O.
his tract OF land west of the city to
Sioux City syndicate yesterday fol
$4,000. This is the largest real estate
deal in the number OF acres yet con
summated in Yankton city property. TIL
seventy acres will be plated and pu,
on the market. Mr.. Powers retaina
much more acre property IN the neigh.
l t~osk&~ ~ fho kvanf 1toooSo2 of on1 no
several lots near by. The purchasers o
this tract are willing to take an interes
IN the street railway, with q view to tn
construction of q west branch to th
nelghborhood OF their possessions.
E. M. O'Brien is in receipt of a 'lette
from @. Fl. Hart, secretary of the L
Mars improvement company in who
MIR. Hart states that the people of L
Mars desires to cooperate with Yankto
in securing o line OF railway between th
two cities. Mr.. Hart says: I'VE fes
quite confident that you will soon hay
q bridge across the river and that yor
!. city will double its population in q shoi
time by reason thereof. We are glad {
note that your people are waking up I
the Importance OF your location on th
9 river at q point where q good bride
. foundation exiets.' MI. Hart state
: that q delegation of LIE Mars people wi
pe in Yankton in about ten days to tai
railroad.
While in Sioux City yesterday, 90
: lionel Powers, of this city, met To:
Leary, a gentleman well known durin
= Yankton's former years in %connectic
with telegraph repairing operations an
at one time a resident of our city. The
drifted into a talk about Yankton ar
its prospects and Tom said he was o,
in the nelghborhood OF Pipestone q sho
Ii time ago looking after some land
owns in that section. While upon th
q business he encountered the surveyir
force of the Duluth & Denver at work
the field and had q long talk with ther
o They made numerous enquiries abol
Sioux Falls and Yankton, after fndil
IS Mr.. Leary familiar with the two citi
and their surroundings, and in respon
te to q direct question told him they we
to run their line to Yanktop, via Sio'
is Falls. Mr.. Leary did not forgetto p
in some good words for his old favori
ly Yankton.
A clean fresh stock of sprir
Q cIothing for men, youths al
boys at low prices at
HARRY KATE
or
in wanted-A place to work for boa